Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Wisconsin
Precipitation Rankings, August 1998
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1998 1-Month |
4.21" (106.93mm) | 3.78" (96.01mm) |
0.43" (10.92mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1930 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1980 | ||||
| Ties: 1906, 1935 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1998 2-Month |
5.92" (150.37mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
-1.66" (-42.16mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1930 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1900 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1998 3-Month |
12.14" (308.36mm) | 11.75" (298.45mm) |
0.39" (9.91mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 1910 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2010 | ||||
| Ties: 1902 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 1998 4-Month |
15.56" (395.22mm) | 15.29" (388.37mm) |
0.27" (6.85mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1976 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2010 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1998 5-Month |
17.90" (454.66mm) | 17.92" (455.17mm) |
-0.02" (-0.51mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1988 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1998 6-Month |
21.55" (547.37mm) | 19.72" (500.89mm) |
1.83" (46.48mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1910 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1998 7-Month |
23.14" (587.76mm) | 20.75" (527.05mm) |
2.39" (60.71mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1910 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1938 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1998 8-Month |
24.93" (633.22mm) | 21.89" (556.01mm) |
3.04" (77.21mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1910 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2017 | ||||
|
Dec 1997–Aug 1998 9-Month |
25.56" (649.22mm) | 23.16" (588.26mm) |
2.40" (60.96mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1931 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2017 | ||||
|
Nov 1997–Aug 1998 10-Month |
26.29" (667.77mm) | 25.14" (638.56mm) |
1.15" (29.21mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1931 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1997–Aug 1998 11-Month |
28.47" (723.14mm) | 27.58" (700.53mm) |
0.89" (22.61mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1931 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1997–Aug 1998 12-Month |
31.37" (796.80mm) | 31.35" (796.29mm) |
0.02" (0.51mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1931 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1906 | ||||||
|
Mar 1997–Aug 1998 18-Month |
50.50" (1,282.70mm) | 51.04" (1,296.42mm) |
-0.54" (-13.72mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1990 | 1931 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2017 | ||||
|
Sep 1996–Aug 1998 24-Month |
63.49" (1,612.65mm) | 62.69" (1,592.33mm) |
0.80" (20.32mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1931 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1995–Aug 1998 36-Month |
96.38" (2,448.05mm) | 94.00" (2,387.60mm) |
2.38" (60.45mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1958 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
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Sep 1994–Aug 1998 48-Month |
128.94" (3,275.08mm) | 125.25" (3,181.35mm) |
3.69" (93.73mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1934 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2020 | ||||
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Sep 1993–Aug 1998 60-Month |
157.46" (3,999.48mm) | 156.50" (3,975.10mm) |
0.96" (24.38mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 1934 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1968 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 30, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/